Small Ax holder

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darkmatter35

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First I'd like to thank Gary for putting together his tutorial on building an ax sheath. It came out looking like his except I stitched the shelf in the back and the belt loop. What helped the most was taking Gary's advice on using bubble wrap to get the correct sizing.
Some photos, thanks again Gary.
John S.

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Looks good. Why there is a stitching on the back of the sheath? Is there a piece of leather inside that holds the back of the ax?
 
Thanks for all the kind comments, let me know if there is something that could be better. LeL you are right about the stitching in the back, the strip of leather creates a shelf for the rear part of the hatchet to rest on. Some sheaths that are similar use a strap. I like the simplicity of the rear shelf,( less parts that can fail).
Take care, John S.
 
Real clean John, real clean. The only suggestion I could offer is a little smaller groover for that thread. Very professional looking. Nice work.
 
Thanks Dave,
Do you mean not to groove so deeply? or a more narrow of a groove? The one I use is a basic Tandy grooving tool. When I grooved the channels on this sheath I made about three passes, maybe to many, too deep? Thanks for the advice, you and many folks here have helped me along so much.
John S.
 
Really neat! Very clean work. Where is that tutorial at? I was just about to start an axe holder...and realized I don't know what I'm doing:).
 
John there are different size groovers. I have two (both Tandy I believe) I try to match to the thread size for the job. So probably more narrow of a groove for your thread. But maybe depth too, I seldom make more than one pass. And it really is a small thing but I'd like to see little more thread and a little less groove. The stiching should fill the groove not get lost in it.

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This pic of one of my boot sheaths illustrates what I'm talking about. The thread fills the groove yet is still set down in the groove and protected by it. This is my larger groover and 207 size thread.
 
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Thank you Dave, It seems like when a person looks at a sheath, the stitching is one of the first places the eye gets drawn to specially when there is no stamping.
John S.
 
You know I think you are really right. The longer I do this the more important I think the stitching becomes. It is one of the first things a guy sees. Years ago I was at a show centered around horse packing. There was a pack saddle maker there that was very famous in those circles. I'd been drooling over his catalog for years (no internet or websites back then). So this was the first time I was seeing his work in person. Walk over to his booth and the first thing I noticed was the stitching. It seemed rushed, snaking in and out of the groove. Next thing I noticed was to end a line of stiching he'd back stitch a couple and then trim the thread about a 1/4" proud of the stitching. I went huh? So look closer and the basket stamping was over run into the border a lot and sometimes even past the border into the stiching groove. Didn't buy anything and don't have that catalog anymore.
 
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